Osram Golden Dragon lights?

Diamond Dragon? It really exist or is a joke?

You can see for yourself:

http://catalog.osram-os.com/catalogue/catalogue.do?act=showBookmark&favOid=000000000000028b00010023

2A max

No joke, it takes up to 2A current and can emit up to 500(?) lm, but the efficacy isn't the best.

I dont knew about Diamond Dragon, But I knew about the Osram Ostar.......

For anyone interested here is a guy who have a lot of GD´s for sale:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180548824963&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT#ht_890wt_1137

Thanks nautic, but is better to know the correct bin and model before purchasing, and if I am not wrong this guy not says the exact bin and exact data....

However thanks

Just got my AA-S1 today. Ordered 8/20, shipped 8/24, arrived 8/30. I also got my 14500s. The tint isn't really bad. According to my eyes, it looks sort of greenish white. The hotspot is small, and expands out nicely to the edge of the beam. It's pretty dim on NIMH, it's ok on 14500. I thought it would be brighter. My Hugsby P31 has better throw on NIMH vs. the AA-S1 14500, but the AA-S1 has a lot of more useful spill light. I must say the head of the AA-S1 gets hot rather quickly on 14500s. For about $10, it's not a bad light!

Edit: If you want something of better construction and brightness for about $4-5 more, go for the Hugsby P31/P32.

Thanks medieval! and how about construction quality? dirty threads? lubed threads? etc

The lens was really dirty. I thought it was just the outside but I cleaned it off and it was still dirty. I had to take it apart and clean it from the inside. There is a little bit of dry gray grease but it doesn't look like they used much and it wasn't spread out evenly. There are chunks of it in one place and nothing in another spot. The construction quality isn't that great.

It's good to have as part of a collection but I don't think I would get another one. I'd rather get a Hugsby.

OK, quality of construction is decreased. Now it is not that perfect light described in the review.

So, if I understood well, EVEN with 14500 in the AA-S1, the hugsby P31 with ni-mh has better throw, however less spill

That's correct. The P31 still has decent spill, but most of the beam is concentrated in the hotspot. The AA-S1's beam is more spread out evenly. I like the tint of the Hugsby way more.

In Don's review of the Hugsby P31, he claims that it's the brightest AA light that he's seen. It's very true.

With the critical proviso - on NiMH. Many AA lights that can use them are a lot brighter on a 14500

Your lightbox number for the AA-S1 on 14500 is a lot higher than the Hugsby. Does it look like that by just looking at the beams with your eyes?

I was on my way to buy a Hugsby P31. If its brighter than my AA S1 i just had to get it. But then

I remembered that its a AA-only (max1.5V) and it just could not be as bright as a 14500 light.

I put a 1.5.V battery in the AA S1 and compared it to my Romisen G2 II Q5. The latter won by a mile.

With a 14500 in the first one, this totally wiped out the light from the Romisen.

The quality of the AA S1 is the amount of floodlight this small light can produce. For throw you better

choose another.

Don: Why is the Hugsby P31 not in your spreadsheet with estimated lumens? Is the P32 a P31 with

modes?

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I'm really liking the R5-A3 now after I changed the reflector to OP. It's really really bright and with a beautiful beam.

On the box of my Hugsby P31, it says "0.8-4.2V." However, I don't want to put in a 14500 and ruin a good light.

Has it affected throw?

It certainly would be nice to know if it accepts 14500.


No. As Don have pointed out above, its only if both have a 1.5V battery the Hugsby is brighter

That's not true with mine. Like I said, my Hugsby nimh has more throw than the 14500 AA-S1.

Don's lightbox may be measuring overall light output. Correct me if I'm wrong Don.

I'm sure it did affect the throw on the R5-A3 by a little bit. However, the smooth reflector never threw far either because of its small size.

In one of the reviews from DX, someone tried a 14500 in the Hugsby and said it didn't make a brightness difference, only that it got hot really fast. Based on that review, I'm not going to even attempt it on mine.

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That's not true with mine. Like I said, my Hugsby nimh has more throw than the 14500 AA-S1.

Don's lightbox may be measuring overall light output. Correct me if I'm wrong Don.

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I read this "With the critical proviso - on NiMH." and recon he have tested it. I dont have the Hugsby,

but Im sure that the total output from a 14500 are greater than from a 1.5V light. I have some and

have "testet" them all against the AA S1. None are better. Flood and throw are two different things

though. So maybe Hugsby´s 150 lumens are more concentrated in the hotspot than the 280 from the AA S1.

Have you testet both of yours?